Swimming attachment



Jan. 13, 1925.

H. KUHN SWIMMING ATTACHMENT Filed March 6, 1924 Invert-50 rmnnmm To all whom it may 00 Be it known that I,

residing at Chicago, and State of Illinois, n new and useful 1mcitizen of in the county of Cook 5 have invented certai provements in Swimming following is a sp which the This inv STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HEB-MANN K'UHN, 0E CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Application filed March a, 1.924.

Germany,

ention relates useful improvements in ments, and

more particularly to such attachments as are constructed a collapsible web.

The pri is to .kenother provide a while grea work, is 11 hand and Another provide sible ncipal object provide a simple, attachment swimmer to his wrists that can object of tly ot foot.

object of this invention is to swimming attachment, easily coland of small volume, swimmer can easily carry with him.

lhis above and other tained by which Figure l is a view i means of the tion in operation.

Figure 2 is a perspec cle.

Figure 3 is a p Figure i 15 a pers showing collapse.

Figure 5 is a detai connection.

Referring to designates and wire 5 at which point ri lapse or open to 1t pos1t1on; covering or w of any suit a wrist numer material able material.

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be easily applied by the and ankles.

this invention is to swimming attachment, which, assisting the swimmer in his cumbersome in any way, and allows the absolute free movement of the llustrating the inventive view of the artilan View of the article.

pectlve View of the same 1 section of the pivotal the drawings, numeral 1 band made out of any SWIMMING ATTACHMENT.

Serial. No. 6972M.

in assembling my improved swimming device which com rises the foregoing parts, attention is first directed to the fact that the wrist band 1 is provided with an outstanding liange in which the stiffening ring 2 is arranged and the lugs 4 on the ribs 3 are pivotally connected to the ring at a point adjacent its outer edge, the inner ends of the ribs extending slightly beyond the pivot point. From this, it will be noted that when the ribs 3 are moved to an open position as shown in Figure 2, the extended ends or the ribs will bear against the reinforced portion of the band 1 and limit the outward swinging movement of the ribs. it is preferred to have the connection between the wrist band 1 and the outwardly projecting flange of a flexible nature, wheredcvice 15 passed forward by when the through the water, the ribs 3 with the cover ing 6 and reinforced flange of the band 1 ill all fold inwardly toward that part of the person to which the device is attached, thus reducing to a minimum the resistance as the device is passed through the water in its folded position.

From the foregoing it is obvious that a swimming attachment made according to the above description, will be of great assistance to the swimmer, in that, while not in any way interfering with the free movement of his hands and feet, it will operate of its own accord, collapsing with each forward movement and opening to its extended or operative position with each backward motion. It is unquestionable that a swimmer using my swimming attachment as above described will avail himself of a much greater forward momentum by the opening of my device, thus securing for himself a larger volume of water pressure and resistance on his backward strokes.

I claim 1. A swimming device, including a band of fabric material, an outstanding flange having flexible connection with the band, a reinforcing ring carried by said flange, a plurality of ribs projecting radially from the band, means forming pivotal connection be- Attachments, of

ecification.

to certain new and swimming attachon the principle of.

of this invention reliable and light which the objects may be atconstruction illusdrawing, in

a1 2 shows a stiffenrib 3 has a lug a: and ring 2,

as to col- 9:!

\ i i i l on said ribs having pivotal connection with the ring at its outer edge, the inner end 10 of said ribs projecting beyond the pivot points whereby to engage the ring when in an open position, and a webbing attached to and extending between the ribs.

:In, testimony whereoflaflix y signature. 7

'. HERMANN z KUHN. 

